Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, 2022. Directed by Matthew Warchus Starring Alisha Weir, Lashana Lynch, Emma Thompson, Andrea Riseborough, Stephen Graham, and Sindhu Vee SYNOPSIS: An adaptation of the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical. Matilda tells the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a sharp mind and a vivid imagination, dares to take […]
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical gets a new trailer and character posters
Following its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, a new trailer has been released for the Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, the big screen adaptation of the Tony and Olivier award-winning stage musical and the classic children’s book. Check it out below, along with a batch of character posters featuring Matilda (Alisha Weir), […]
The Must Watch School-Set Movies
Summer is over and it’s back to class with our must-watch school-set movies… Hands up if you’re a parent of school-aged kids? Have you counted the minutes until your little cherubs return to school? Is that lazy and moody teenager making you go crazy? Have you spent an absolute fortune? Then don’t worry, as we […]
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical gets a trailer, poster and images
The first trailer has been released for Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, director Matthew Warchus’ take on the Tony and Olivier award-winning stage musical adaptation of the Road Dahl children’s book which tells the story of an extraordinary young girl who summons the courage to help others and take charge of her own destiny. Matilda […]
Netflix casts its Matilda and Miss Trunchbull
Having cast Captain Marvel and No Time To Die’s Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey earlier this month, Netflix has now found its Matilda and Miss Trunchbull for the upcoming feature adaptation of the musical stage version of Roald Dahl’s Matilda. Newcomer Alisha Weir is set to take on the title role as Matilda, a young […]
Lashana Lynch joins Netflix’s Matilda as Miss Honey
Captain Marvel and No Time To Die star Lashana Lynch has been cast as Miss Honey in Netflix’s upcoming feature film version of the Roald Dahl stage adaptation Matilda the Musical. The movie reunites the stage musical’s director Matthew Warchus and Tony Award-winning writer Dennis Kelly. The role of Matilda is yet to be cast. […]
Great 90s Kids Movies That Even Adults Enjoy
Marvelous Videos presents a selection of great 90s kids movies that adults can enjoy… C.S. Lewis once famously said: “Critics who treat adult as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves.” He was reacting to a criticism he was seeing in the literary world wherein children’s books were […]
Ralph Fiennes to play Miss Trunchbull in Matilda musical adaptation
Back in February it was announced that Sony and Netflix are teaming on a film version of Matilda: The Musical, and now we have our first piece of casting news for the Roald Dahl adaptation. As revealed by Deadline, Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes is set to portray the antagonist Miss Trunchbull, headmistress of Crunchem Hall […]
Sony and Netflix developing Matilda musical movie
Netflix is teaming with Sony Pictures to produce a feature film adaptation of Matilda: The Musical, the stage version of Roald Dahl’s beloved 1988 children’s novel. As revealed by THR, the film will be directed by Matthew Warchus, the director of the stage musical, whose previous film credits include 1999’s Simpatico and 2014’s Pride. Matilda […]
Danny DeVito “always wanted to do Matilda 2”
Actor and director Danny DeVito has revealed that out of all of his previous movies, he would most have liked to revisit the world of Matilda before star Mara Wilson grew up. “I always wanted to do Matilda 2, but when the kid was still a kid,” DeVito said in the interview with ComicBook. “But […]